Biography
David Gilman is an English television screenwriter and novelist. Before becoming a full-time writer in 1986, he worked as a firefighter, professional photographer, soldier in the Parachute Regiment's Reconnaissance Platoon, and marketing manager for a publishing company in South Africa. He was educated in Wales.
Gilman was principal writer on the ITV series A Touch of Frost from 2000 to 2009, contributing screenplays for nine episodes between 2001 and 2008. He also wrote an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe in 2001. His stage play Ghost in the Machine received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for New Work in 1993.
As a novelist, Gilman has written the Danger Zone and Master of War series, among other books. He lives in Devon with his wife Suzy Chiazzari.
